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Product Description

Everyday confidence with the perfect shave

At Philips we understand the importance of starting the day with a clean and smooth shave. Thanks to Philips shavers you can experience the great feeling of confidence and know you look your absolute best. Philips is all about using technology to make your life easier while never compromising on perfection.

Philips SensoTouch shavers

For men who only want the very best, Philips SensoTouch offers the ultimate shaving experience, following every curve of your neck and face. Its combination of revolutionary technology and high-performance design gives you accuracy in style. The SensoTouch is the unique combination made for catching every hair in every contour to ensure you get a perfectly close shave, even on the neck.

Ease of use

Philips SensoTouch RQ1180 is a washable shaver with a travel lock for maximum comfort while travelling and daily use. The shaver is designed with a slim handle and anti-slip grip. It comes in a striking blue colour with seamless foil finishing and an LED display.

Soft travel pouch for maximum convenience

GyroFlex 2D system provides impeccable attention to the details

Aquatec seal gives you the choice to enjoy dry and wet shaving

GyroFlex 2D

The GyroFlex 2D contour-following system adjusts easily to the curves of your face and neck, minimising pressure and irritation. Philips SensoToucn RQ1180 has been engineered to conquer every curve, hugging the skin without rubbing, but cutting the hairs close, whatever direction they are growing. The GyroFlex 2D system provides impeccable attention to detail. Every component has been engineered and designed with one purpose in mind: to deliver a great shaving experience.

Soft touch, smooth shave

This Philips SensoTouch shaver gives a soft touch for a smooth shave. The GyroFlex 2D system adjusts easily to the curves of your face and shaves even the shortest stubble with its dual precision heads.

Aquatec

The wet and dry Aquatec seal gives you the choice of shaving both with a comfortable dry shave or with a refreshing wet shave using a shaving gel or foam for extra skin comfort.

Patented super lift and cut

The dual blade system lifts hairs to cut comfortably below skin level. The super lift and cut system and reflex action system are combined in this shaver, offering superior closeness and contour-following. The dual-blade system of Philips SensoTouch shavers cut hair more efficiently. The first blade lifts the hair from skin and the second blade cuts for a comfortable, close shave.

The GyroFlex 2D shaving heads automatically adjust to every curve of your face and neck for flexible, smoother shaving. The close-fit swing mechanism allows the head section to tilt forward and back, allowing hair to be gripped firmly at the roots.

The replacement head for this shaver is the RQ11

Precision trimmer for moustache and sideburns

SkinGlide to minimise pressure and irritation

Dual precision

The dual precision heads have slots to shave the normal hairs and holes to shave even the shortest stubble.

Rechargeable shaver

Philips RQ1180 is a rechargeable, cordless shaver; with a charging time of one hour, it gives up to 50 minutes of performance.

SkinGlide

Precision trimmer

Skin-friendly precision trimmer for perfect moustache and sideburns trimming. Open the trimmer by pushing the slide downwards. The trimmer can be activated while the shaver is running.

Ease of use

The Philips SensoTouch RQ1180 is a washable shaver with a travel lock for maximum comfort while travelling and daily use. The shaver is designed with a slim handle and anti-slip grip. It comes in a striking blue colour and features seamless foil finishing and an LED display.

Worldwide plug

The shaver comes with a standard worldwide shaving plug lead with two prongs, designed to be used in a bathroom shaving socket with two holes. The lead can also be plugged into a wall socket (with three holes) via a converter. Converter not included.

The first thing that strikes you about the Philips RQ1180 SensoTouch Electric Razor is its ergonomically designed exterior; with the highly polished hard plastic shell and taught rubber backing fitting snugly into the palm of either right or left hand (helpful to know for those left-handed amongst us).

The razor charges from completely flat to maximum in just shy of an hour. From fully charged the manual states that you will have approximately 50 minutes worth of use. Charging is a doddle - just slip it into the stand it comes with and it replenishes its juices via the two small conductor points located on either side of the unit.

The charging stand will not allow the shaver to overcharge, which means that it can be permanently housed on the stand, charging up in between each use. When charging, a snazzy battery indicator lights up telling you the current level and that it's charging.

In order to get the best performance from the shape of the shaver head, a circular movement is required when using the electric shaver. For those who have traditionally used the `against the grain' single stroke, this can take a little getting used to.

After using the razor, in comparison to my other electric razors as well as wet shaving, I can honestly say that this razor gave me one of the closest shaves I've ever had. The shaving itself is quick, with the flexible head adjusting to all of the contours of my face and neck. The razor can be used for both wet and dry shaving - making it one of the most versatile razors on the market.

The cleaning and general maintenance of the razor is very simple; the easy to remove head popping off in your hand and then a quick run under the tap - job done!Read more ›

It's been a while since owning an electric razor having converted from them to a wet shave about 10 years ago. The SensoTouch shows how far the electric razor has come in that time. It's an impressive item with several nice touches which make it a pretty desirable purchase.

The first impressions of the razor are quite striking. Compared to some of the razors on the market this is sleek and compact. Its waterproof design means all the switches and indicators are hidden under its sleek exterior. The head sits at the top clipping into the main body when sitting in its stand (which is also acts as the charger) the experience is akin to looking close up at a claret coloured praying mantis. The overall impression is delightfully modern.

Getting started is simple, plugging in the base to the charger and popping the razor on its stand it soon bursts into action. Charging taking about an hour to complete means it is ready to go in almost no time at all. The battery indicator on the front of the main body is bright, clear, and rather pretty - if truth be told.

Operating the razor the next revalation is how quiet it is. Compared to memories of buzzing monsters of youth this purrs quietly and has almost no sense of vibration when sitting in your hand. It does glide nicely over the skin and doesn't take long to do its job (although it hasn't really taken any less time than a wet shave). The cut is reasonable for an electric razor and the well designed head does manage to get around all the contours of the face. There is the addition of a trimming blade which can replace the standard head to cover and staighten sideburns. It's a nice little touch although it does feel a little plastic compared to the rest of the equipment. That said it does a good job.Read more ›

I have been dry shaving for years and usually use foil shavers (my current one is a PANASONIC ES8109 Shaver + HQ110 Shaver head cleaning spray). I decided to give a rotary shaver a go for the first time in over 20 years and this is what I got. I've given it 5 weeks of usage before deciding to write a review. First impressions were mixed. It is obvioulsy a quality piece of kit, it is very tactile and easy to hold, yet the head looks cheap and plasticy. I also didn't like the fact that the trimmer is not integrated into the body - you must remove the main head and replace it with the trimmer head. The quality if the shave is pretty good, at first I had no technique and it took ages to do, but with time I got faster, my skin reacted to the shaving better and the finish was better than it had been. Battery charge has proven to be good so far, I have had to charge it approximately every two weeks. It ships with a stand that is also used as charger and it looks pretty good.

I have a few niggles however.

1. I travel alot as part of my job and having to remember to take two heads for my shaver is not ideal - one will get left in a hotel at some point.

2. You cannot charge the shaver without the stand, this means if I'm working away I need to take the stand with me. It doesn't feel particularly robust and I think it will break in my bags at some point.

3. This more to do with me, but I feel that my current foil razor give a better finish on the hard to reach areas. I would suggest that this is down to my technique, but if you are coming to this from a foil it is something to consider.

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